Cisco Cisco Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module (CGESM) for HP Release Notes

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July 2005 
These release notes include important information about this Cisco IOS release for the Cisco Gigabit Ethernet 
Switch Module (CGESM) for the HP p-Class BladeSystem. This document includes any limitations, restrictions, 
and caveats that apply to this release. 
 
NOTE:  
The documentation for the CGESM switch refers to IOS Release 12.2(25)SE. The correct IOS 
release is IOS Release 12.2(25)SE1 and later. For a complete list of these documents, see the 
“Documentation notes” section
 
To verify that these release notes are correct for your switch, use the show version user EXEC command 
(see the 
“Finding the software version and feature set” section
). 
You can download the switch software at 
http://www.hp.com/support
Contents 
This document contains the following information: 
• “System 
requirements” 
• 
“Upgrading the switch software” 
• “Installation 
notes” 
• “Major 
features” 
• 
“Minimum Cisco IOS release for major features” 
• 
“Limitations and restrictions” 
• 
“Device manager notes” 
• 
“VLAN interfaces and MAC addresses” 
• “Open 
caveats” 
• “Resolved 
caveats” 
• 
“Updates to the software configuration guide” 
• “Related 
documentation” 
• “Obtaining 
technical 
support” 
System requirements 
The system requirements are described in these sections: 
• 
“Device manager system requirements” 
• “Cluster 
compatibility” 
Device manager system requirements 
These sections describes the hardware and software requirements for using the device manager: 
• “Hardware 
requirements” 
• “Software 
requirements” 
Hardware requirements 
The following table lists the minimum hardware requirements for running the device manager. 
Table 1  
Minimum hardware requirements
 
Processor speed 
DRAM 
Number of colors 
Resolution 
Font size 
Intel Pentium II
1
 64 
MB
2
 
256 
1024 x 768 
Small 
 
1. We recommend Intel Pentium 4. 
2. We recommend 256 MB DRAM.